Drum Clamp - Forklifts are actually meant to store, move and lift things placed on pallets. For facilities which utilize drums, they normally need an attachment in order to deal with moving, storing and lifting them. There are several various attachments which a business can use for all your drum moving, storing and lifting requirements. These attachments are specially meant so as to handle drum containers - thus there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container when they are moved, lifted or stored.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner can be utilized to load and unload drums off of vehicles, racks, and drum stands. These are presented in three and four tine models. This accessory is completely automatic, hence allowing the operator to operate all from the comfort of the forklift seat. Able to move steel, large and extra large plastic drums, its capacity is 210 liters. This particular accessory is designed for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab can be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of handling steel drums which have rolling hoops. Even if the initial reason for the design was to handle steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could help accommodate plastic drums also. Drum capacity maximum is 210 liters for steel drums with rolling hoops and 220 liters for plastic drums.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is another lift truck accessory which mounts onto the forks themselves. Their purpose is to lift the drum and turn it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator with a clamp that fits around the middle of the drum. The rotation is done by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is for operations which take place beneath shoulder level. For operations that must happen higher than shoulder level, the continuous loop chain will be utilized.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted attachment that can be used for unstacking or stacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking involves nothing fancy, merely simple horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are accessible both semi-automatic and automatic models that can be used in the tight head and open topped steel drum kinds. The drum tongs can also be connected in many different ways to the forklift. One way is to attach them under a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to connect them to a fork-mounted jib or a carriage mounted jib. Both the automatic and semi-automatic have a drum capacity of 210 liters. With the automatic, there is no requirement for the operator to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the ideal option for lift truck attachments, whenever there is a necessity to stockpile drums with limited space available. This accessory could be utilized on both 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler functions by utilizing steel jaws to be able to grab the rim of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without requiring any room between the drums. The typical model utilized in the business is a zinc-plated handler, even if, this particular attachment comes obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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